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“A mystery man is leaving envelopes of cash around the streets of Los Angeles for strangers to find,” reports Jodi Miller. “And this mystery man (President Obama) is taking money out of the paychecks of the people all across America.” Also making the cut in this edition of NewsBusted are Al Gore, earthquakes, the State Department, Libya and Facebook.

Nearly two years after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown and killed in Libya, his son Saif al-Islam is yet to stand trial for alleged war crimes committed during the 2011 uprising. He’s set for a hearing in Libya in August, but International Criminal Court judges fear he won’t receive a fair trial there. Libya is meanwhile defying an ICC ruling by refusing to hand him over to the Hague, insisting on trial at home.

It wasn’t the election, but rather secret CIA-sponsored arms sales and Saudi money that motivated the Benghazi coverup, a recent political analyst reports. Pundit Dick Morris explores the disturbing implications, and asks how pervasively the Saudis are influencing US politics through bribes and secret campaign contributions.

Andrew Klavan and Stephen Crowder have a spontaneous breakfast discussion about Benghazi, the scandal that the Obama administration and its compliant media supporters conspired to bury in the sands of the Sahara.

Pat Smith, mother of slain State Department officer Sean Smith, who died in the September 11, 2012, attack on an American consulate in Benghazi, tore into the federal government and their efforts to investigate that deadly attack on Tuesday. In an interview with CNN host Jake Tapper, Smith said that she blames former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for failing to ensure her staff was secure and for not taking blame for that failure after they were killed in the line of duty.

Several Yemeni men belonging to al-Qaeda took part in the terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi last September, according to several sources who have spoken with CNN. One senior U.S. law enforcement official told CNN that “three or four members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula,” or AQAP, took part in the attack.

Chris Cassone delivers a tribute to the slain heroes of the Benghazi attack on our embassy — Tyrone Woods, Glen Doherty, Sean Smith and Ambassador Chris Stevens. Cassone’s new song also is a rebuke of the treason that let them die. All proceeds (except the Bandcamp 15%) will go to the SEAL NSW Family Foundation. H/T The Other McCain

CBS News has reported that the Director of National Intelligence’s office — headed by Obama appointee James Clapper — made the decision to scrub any references to “Al Qaeda” or “terrorism” from the Administration’s talking points regarding the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Apparently, the CIA had confirmed the attack was an act of terrorism but also subsequently acquiesced to the DNI’s watered-down account meant for mass consumption. As the Ace of Spades blog observed, “The White House wanted the terrorism angle all but written out of the report, and Clapper was the man who did the editing, and then the CIA, to its great dishonor, signed off on this lie.”

Yes, every Administration needs a Clapper. Plug it in, clap twice, and behold how quickly you can turn out the lights, and hide any semblance of truth from the public.

President Obama covered up an attack by Iranian jets on a US drone missile on November 1 and didn’t tell us until after election day. Added to the Benghazi coverup and the cooking of the books to make unemployment numbers appear less onerous, the Administration engaged in shady deceit to win a razor-thin victory. Pundit Dick Morris calls for Congressional probes.